Las Vegas Municipal Airport

KLVS · New Mexico, United States

Climate Las Vegas Municipal Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Las Vegas Municipal Airport (KLVS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.6 92 90 89 93 94
February 90.5 89 88 89 90 85
March 87.8 73 85 85 94 94
April 92.4 92 94 99 90 92
May 90.0 86 82 83 98
June 95.2 91 91 96 99
July 96.8 93 100 96 98
August 96.7 96 98 98 99
September 90.6 67 96 99 94
October 86.5 90 78 95 91
November 89.3 84 83 97 95
December 91.6 90 100 88 98
Average 91.2 85.9 87.6 90.2 92.6 94.9

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.7 96 93 93 97 94
February 93.2 90 90 91 94 91
March 90.9 81 88 89 94 94
April 95.4 96 95 99 97 94
May 96.1 94 93 94 99
June 98.4 95 97 99 100
July 98.4 98 100 97 98
August 98.2 97 99 99 100
September 92.6 69 97 99 98
October 92.0 94 90 100 93
November 93.6 94 91 97 96
December 92.7 91 100 90 99
Average 94.5 90.5 91.5 94.6 96.1 96.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 7 8 9 7 8
February 9.8 11 9 8 9 10
March 13.2 12 11 13 12 14
April 18.3 19 18 20 18 19
May 22.6 22 25 21 25
June 28.0 26 28 27 29
July 28.9 32 29 27 29
August 27.6 29 26 27 31
September 25.6 26 27 27 25
October 18.2 20 16 18 21
November 13.3 13 11 14 15
December 9.4 8 9 12 9
Average 17.8 11.8 18.4 18.7 18.3 19.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -6.4 -6 -5 -7 -6 -5
February -5.7 -2 -5 -7 -5 -5
March -2.6 0 -2 -3 -2 0
April 1.8 3 2 3 0 1
May 6.6 7 9 7 8
June 11.3 10 13 12 12
July 13.6 15 15 14 13
August 12.8 14 13 13 13
September 9.5 11 10 11 7
October 3.4 4 4 9 3
November -2.8 -1 -3 -1 -1
December -5.7 -3 -4 -1 -6
Average 2.9 -2.5 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.5 6 5 3 5 4
February 5.4 5 13 8 1 7
March 8.0 18 12 9 5 3
April 2.8 0 5 0 2 3
May 2.6 6 1 3 0
June 2.2 2 1 5 2
July 2.0 2 3 1 3
August 2.1 3 2 3 1
September 2.4 2 1 3 1
October 7.3 1 18 3 6
November 3.1 6 4 1 0
December 3.0 9 0 0 1
Average 4.0 7.4 5.3 4.2 2.6 2.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.8 11 13 9 10 11
February 13.1 13 14 11 12 12
March 13.6 14 15 13 14 14
April 13.7 12 15 17 13 13
May 12.4 11 15 12 12
June 11.0 12 12 9 12
July 8.1 10 8 8 8
August 7.9 9 7 8 8
September 9.3 10 9 9 8
October 10.6 8 9 14 11
November 10.4 9 11 9 12
December 11.0 10 13 15 10
Average 11.2 12.5 11.2 11.0 10.8 10.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 230° 240° 203° 207° 228°
February 242° 239° 198° 219° 204°
March 236° 228° 234° 218° 228°
April 223° 239° 233° 211° 222°
May 201° 224° 189° 220°
June 225° 199° 184° 212°
July 184° 192° 164° 207°
August 179° 153° 180° 213°
September 215° 198° 189° 087°
October 199° 219° 234° 204°
November 214° 201° 164° 217°
December 267° 228° 237° 218°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.